Internatinal Business Machines Corporation Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140351708 | CUSTOMIZING A DASHBOARD RESPONSIVE TO USAGE ACTIVITY - Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for user interface customization. A computer records activity of a first computer on a user interface. The computer determines one or more repetitive activities of the first computer utilizing the recorded activity of the first computer. The computer determines a customized user interface for the first computer corresponding to the one or more repetitive activities of the first computer. In another embodiment, the computer initiates display of the customized user interface to the first computer. In another embodiment, the recorded activity of the first computer includes navigation through links in the user interface, applying filters to data in the user interface, and accessing data on the user interface. | 11-27-2014 |
20140072114 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR CONTACTING CONFERENCE CALL PARTICIPANTS - The present invention provides a method, system, and program product for managing conference calls. Specifically, prospective conference call participants (e.g., moderators and/or invitees) will initially provide user profiles. A participant's profile will include, among other things, a set of contact numbers at which the participant can be reached. Thereafter, a moderator and a set of invitees of a conference call to be held are identified. This is typically done based on synchronization with a calendar application used to send and accept an invitation to the conference call. When the moderator later initiates the conference call, the present invention will access the profile of each invitee that accepted the invitation, and then call the invitees at the respective contact numbers set forth therein. When contact is made with an invitee, the call will be merged into the conference call with the moderator. | 03-13-2014 |
20130147562 | MEASURING BIAS TEMPERATURE INSTABILITY INDUCED RING OSCILLATOR FREQUENCY DEGRADATION - A method establishes an initial voltage in a ring oscillator and a logic circuit of an integrated circuit device. Following this, the method enables the operating state of the ring oscillator. After enabling the operating state of the ring oscillator, the method steps up to a stressing voltage in the ring oscillator. The initial voltage is approximately one-half the stressing voltage. The stressing voltage creates operating-level stress within the ring oscillator. The method measures the operating-level frequency within the ring oscillator using an oscilloscope (after stepping up to the stressing voltage). | 06-13-2013 |
20100318556 | Exporting and Importing Business Objects Based on Metadata - A metadata file can be automatically generated based on a database instance and a user defined maximum depth. The relationships between data objects that constitute a business object may be visualized in a tree. The maximum depth limits the number of levels in the tree to traverse. A metadata file describes the structure of a business object and relationships between sets of data objects that constitute the business object. The structure defined in the metadata file can be used to export instances of the business object from the database. The exported business object instances can be imported to another database. | 12-16-2010 |
20100312827 | METHOD AND APPARATUS TO ENABLE PROTOCOL VERIFICATION - After a client device issues a request, a verification stub component receives the request. Then, the verification stub component obtains a current state of the client device from a client state table. The verification stub component evaluates whether the request is valid or not by analyzing a content and context of the request and checking the request against a protocol matrix. If the request is valid, the verification stub component updates the current state of the client device in the current state table, and forwards the request to a server device. Otherwise, the verification stub component creates a report describing the request is invalid, and evaluates whether the server can process the request. If the server cannot process the request, the verification stub component interrupts the request and forwards the report to the client device. Otherwise, the verification stub component provides the request to the server device. | 12-09-2010 |
20100082855 | ASSOCIATING PROCESS PRIORITY WITH I/O QUEUING - Input/output (I/O) requests generated by processes are typically stored in I/O queues. Because the queued I/O requests may not be associated with the processes that generated them, changing a process' priority may not affect the priority of the I/O requests generated by the process. Therefore, after the process' priority has been increased, it may be forced to wait for an I/O handler to service its I/O request, which may be stuck behind an I/O request generated by a lower priority process. Functionality can be implemented to associate the processes' priorities with the I/O requests generated by the processes. Also, reordering the queued I/O requests to reflect changes in the processes' priorities can ensure that the I/O requests from high priority processes are serviced before the I/O requests from low priority processes. This can ensure efficient processing and lower wait times for high priority processes. | 04-01-2010 |
20090300404 | Managing Execution Stability Of An Application Carried Out Using A Plurality Of Pluggable Processing Components - Methods, apparatus, and products are disclosed for managing execution stability of an application carried out using a plurality of pluggable processing components. Managing execution stability of an application includes: receiving, by an application manager, component stability metrics for a particular pluggable processing component; determining, by the application manager, that the particular pluggable processing component is unstable in dependence upon the component stability metrics for the particular pluggable processing component; and notifying, by the application manager, a system administrator that the particular pluggable processing component is unstable. | 12-03-2009 |
20090239374 | Methods of Forming Metal Interconnect Structures on Semiconductor Substrates Using Oxygen-Removing Plasmas and Interconnect Structures Formed Thereby - Methods of forming devices include forming a first electrically insulating layer having a metal interconnection therein, on a substrate and then forming a first electrically insulating barrier layer on an upper surface of the metal interconnection and on the first electrically insulating layer. The first electrically insulating barrier layer is exposed to a plasma that penetrates the first electrically insulating barrier and removes oxygen from an upper surface of the metal interconnection. The barrier layer may have a thickness in a range from about 5 Å to about 50 Å and the plasma may be a hydrogen-containing plasma that converts oxygen on the upper surface of the metal interconnection to water. | 09-24-2009 |